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Top SGA Online Fic 2006
Just out of curiosity, if one were to compile a list of the top/best/most influential/memorable slash and/or gen fics of this year --
-- which ones would you include?
I have in mind to start with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
synecdochic's "Freedom's Just Another Name For Nothing Left To Lose." That one's easy, it's amazing and powerful and swept the fandom like a tidal wave.
But what other tidal waves have hit this year? The Post Secret challenge? I mean, if I were collecting the most influential/top fics characterizing 2005 I'd have an entire section devoted to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sga_flashfic's Harlequin challenge.
ETA: Okay, skimming the mega-reviewed fics onsga_flashfic gives us a start. Now on to the Fan Awards.
ETA2: Ah. The tricky part is when the story was written. About two thirds of the Stargatefanawards stories are from 2005. Hmm. Perhaps run backwards through thesga_newsletter for familiar names. Also, might need to stick to slash.
ETA3: Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion spawned by "Freedom's Just...". I'll probably do a poll at some point, something open-ended to gather opinions.
A couple of interesting flavors that have turned up this year:
1) western AUs and the influence of "Brokeback Mountain,"
2) curling,
3) the final carryover from last year's penguins, unicorns, dolphins,
4)reel_sga,
5) some controversies, "Will the real John please stand up?" and "Has McShep taken over the fandom?" and BDSM fic, though I want point to a story.
6) it seems silly crack!fics have given way to careful, world-building AUs.
Not sure how this'll be put together. A rec-list of sorts? With a contextualized commentary?
ETA4: "Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion..."-?? When did I change my name to McKay? This is the fault of reading your McKay fics, all of you.
ETA5: Trends pointed out bytoft_froggy -
7) DADT fics
8) Darker fics in general
9) Darker, more fucked-up John
Almost forgotbruinsfan's point -
10) John/Mitchell SGA/SG1 crossovers
-- which ones would you include?
I have in mind to start with
synecdochic's "Freedom's Just Another Name For Nothing Left To Lose." That one's easy, it's amazing and powerful and swept the fandom like a tidal wave. But what other tidal waves have hit this year? The Post Secret challenge? I mean, if I were collecting the most influential/top fics characterizing 2005 I'd have an entire section devoted to the
sga_flashfic's Harlequin challenge.ETA: Okay, skimming the mega-reviewed fics on
sga_flashfic gives us a start. Now on to the Fan Awards.ETA2: Ah. The tricky part is when the story was written. About two thirds of the Stargatefanawards stories are from 2005. Hmm. Perhaps run backwards through the
sga_newsletter for familiar names. Also, might need to stick to slash.ETA3: Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion spawned by "Freedom's Just...". I'll probably do a poll at some point, something open-ended to gather opinions.
A couple of interesting flavors that have turned up this year:
1) western AUs and the influence of "Brokeback Mountain,"
2) curling,
3) the final carryover from last year's penguins, unicorns, dolphins,
4)
reel_sga, 5) some controversies, "Will the real John please stand up?" and "Has McShep taken over the fandom?" and BDSM fic, though I want point to a story.
6) it seems silly crack!fics have given way to careful, world-building AUs.
Not sure how this'll be put together. A rec-list of sorts? With a contextualized commentary?
ETA4: "Okay, picking through stories, using a baseline number of reviews as an indicator of fandom interest, then appearances on rec-lists, and on del.icio.us, the story discussion such as the immense amount of discussion..."-?? When did I change my name to McKay? This is the fault of reading your McKay fics, all of you.
ETA5: Trends pointed out by
toft_froggy -7) DADT fics
8) Darker fics in general
9) Darker, more fucked-up John
Almost forgot
bruinsfan's point - 10) John/Mitchell SGA/SG1 crossovers
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(And it looks like I've been avoiding this series for no reason, as I assumed it was a WIP.)
I've decided to include WIPs in the year that they were finished rather than the year they began. Partially because many people don't read WIPs until they're complete. Then also because the events in canon and fandom will probably influence the growing WIP, so while they'll overlap years, by the end they'll belong to the year they're completed.
Ideally I'd break this up by season rather than by year, as canon radically changes the flavor of fanon. But as human beings we group events naturally, or habitually, by year. So year it is.
Hmm. *thinks aloud* Now do I read through reactions to past episodes to guage the feeling of fandom and perhaps use those comments to tie fics as-reactions-to-canon? Or is that overkill? This is already a pretty big project.
*thinks* It depends on how I decide to approach it. If it's a fandom ethnography than the episode reviews are essential.
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